2021–22 Pallacanestro Varese season

The 2020–21 season is Pallacanestro Varese's 77th in existence and the club's 13th consecutive season in the top tier Italian basketball.

Pallacanestro Varese
2021–22 season
OwnerVarese nel cuore s.c. a r.l.
PresidentMarco Vittorelli
Head coachAdriano Vertemati
ArenaPalasport Lino Oldrini
LBARegular season
SupercupGroup stage (3rd of 3)

Kit

Supplier: Macron / Sponsor: Openjobmetis

Players

Current roster

Openjobmetis Varese roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Age
G 7 United States Beane, Anthony 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 87 kg (192 lb) 29 – (1994-05-06)6 May 1994
G 8 Italy Woldetensae, Tomas 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 89 kg (196 lb) 25 – (1998-04-30)30 April 1998
PF 9 Lithuania Sorokas, Paulius 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 31 – (1992-08-25)25 August 1992
PG 10 Italy De Nicolao, Giovanni 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 79 kg (174 lb) 27 – (1996-06-10)10 June 1996
F 11 Estonia Vene, Siim-Sander 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 97 kg (214 lb) 32 – (1990-11-12)12 November 1990
G/F 12 Puerto Rico Reyes, Justin 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 28 – (1995-03-16)16 March 1995
PG 13 Italy Librizzi, Matteo 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 70 kg (154 lb) 21 – (2002-04-06)6 April 2002
PF 18 Italy Virginio, Nicolò 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 20 – (2003-03-18)18 March 2003
F 21 Italy Ferrero, Giancarlo (C) 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 97 kg (214 lb) 35 – (1988-08-29)29 August 1988
C 30 Italy Caruso, Guglielmo 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 24 – (1999-07-03)3 July 1999
PG 45 United States Keene, Marcus 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 28 – (1995-05-06)6 May 1995
Head coach
  • Italy Alberto Seravalli
Assistant coach(es)
  • Italy Vincenzo Cavazzana
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured
Updated: April 14, 2022

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Depth chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Guglielmo Caruso
PF Paulius Sorokas Giancarlo Ferrero Nicolò Virginio
SF Siim-Sander Vene
SG Tomas Woldetensae Anthony Beane Matteo Librizzi
PG Marcus Keene Trey Kell Giovanni De Nicolao

(colours: Italian or homegrown players; foreign players; young players)

In
No.Pos.Nat.NameAgeMoving fromTypeEndsTransfer feeDateSource
5SFItalyAlessandro Gentile28EstudiantesSpain1 yearJune 2022Free25 June 2021[1]
30CItalyGuglielmo Caruso22Santa Clara BroncosUnited States2+1 yearsJune 2023 + 2024Free10 July 2021[2]
3PGUnited StatesTrey Kell25Stal Ostrów WielkopolskiPoland1 yearJune 2022Free14 July 2021[3]
11SGUnited StatesElijah Wilson26Dąbrowa GórniczaPoland1 yearJune 2022Free19 July 2021[4]
9PFLithuaniaPaulius Sorokas28ChietiItaly1 yearJune 2022Free21 July 2021[5]
6PGItalyAndrea Amato27APU UdineItaly3 monthsDecember 2021Free24 September 2021[6]
45PGUnited StatesMarcus Keene[Note IN]26Cedevita OlimpijaSlovenia1 yearJune 2022Free16 November 2021[7]
11FEstoniaSiim-Sander Vene[Note IN]31Limoges CSPFrance6 monthsJune 2022Free4 January 2022[8]
12G/FPuerto RicoJustin Reyes[Note IN]26Capitanes de Ciudad de MéxicoMexico6 monthsJune 2022Free17 January 2022[9]
8GItalyTomas Woldetensae[Note IN]23Chieti Basket 1974Italy6 monthsJune 2022Free11 February 2022[10]
  1. ^
    In players: Players who signed after the beginning of the season

Out
No.Pos.Nat.NameAgeMoving toTypeTransfer feeDateSource
10PGItalyMichele Ruzzier23Virtus BolognaItalyExit option€15,00030 June 2021[11][12]
3CUnited StatesAnthony Morse27Pallacanestro PiacentinaItalyEnd of contractFree1 July 2021[13]
4F/CArgentinaLuis Scola41RetiredEnd of contractFree1 July 2021[14]
23SGUnited StatesToney Douglas35IraklisGreeceEnd of contractFree1 July 2021[15]
12G/FLatviaArtūrs Strautiņš22Reggio EmiliaItalyExit optionUndisclosed4 July 2020[16][17]
19SFItalyNiccolò De Vico24Basket TorinoItalyTransferUndisclosed20 July 2021[18][19]
11SGUnited StatesElijah Wilson[Note OUT]26Start LublinPolandTransferUndisclosed24 November 2021[20][21]
6PGItalyAndrea Amato[Note OUT]27Pallacanestro NardòItalyMutual consentUndisclosed7 December 2021[22][23]
15CUnited StatesJohn Egbunu[Note OUT]27Hapoel JerusalemIsraelMutual consentUndisclosed25 December 2021[24][25]
22SFUnited StatesJalen Jones[Note OUT]28JL BourgFranceMutual consentUndisclosed4 January 2022[26][27]
5SFItalyAlessandro Gentile[Note OUT]29Free agentMutual consentFree27 January 2022[28]
  1. ^
    Out players: Players who left before the end of the season

–

Confirmed
No.Pos.Nat.NameAgeMoving fromTypeEndsTransfer feeDateSource
21FItalyGiancarlo Ferrero32Pallacanestro TrapaniItaly4 + 3 yearsJune 2022Free4 July 2015[29][30][31]
5PGItalyGiovanni De Nicolao25Fortitudo AgrigentoItaly2 yearsJune 2022Free12 June 2020[32]
22SFUnited StatesJalen Jones28Capital City Go-GoUnited States1 + 1 yearsJune 2021Undisclosed9 November 2020[33]
2GUnited StatesAnthony Beane26Virtus RomaItaly2 yearsJune 2022Free14 December 2020[34]
15CUnited StatesJohn Egbunu26Busan KT SonicboomSouth Korea1 + 1 yearsJune 2022Free28 January 2021[35][36]

Coach
Nat. Name Age. Previous team Type Ends Date Replaces Date Type
Italy Alberto Seravalli 38 Pallacanestro Varese (assistant) Italy End of the season June 2022 14 April 2022[37] Netherlands Johan Roijakkers 14 April 2022[37] Sacked
Netherlands Johan Roijakkers 41 Brose Bamberg Germany End of the season June 2022 12 January 2022[38] Italy Adriano Vertemati 11 January 2022[39] Mutual consent
Italy Adriano Vertemati 40 Bayern Munich (assistant) Germany 2 years June 2023 15 June 2021[40] Italy Massimo Bulleri 19 May 2021[41] Mutual consent

Competitions

Supercup
Main article: 2021 Italian Basketball Supercup
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification
1 Banco di Sardegna Sassari 4 4 0 350 304 +46 Advance to Final Eight
2 Vanoli Cremona 4 1 3 319 337 −18
3 Openjobmetis Varese 4 1 3 299 327 −28
Source: LegaBasket Serie A
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) were not be counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.

Serie A
Main article: 2021–22 LBA season
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
10 NutriBullet Treviso 30 12 18 2366 2509 −143 24
11 Happy Casa Brindisi 30 12 18 2440 2499 −59 24
12 Openjobmetis Varese 30 12 18 2470 2655 −185 24
13 Dolomiti Energia Trento 30 11 19 2345 2447 −102 22
14 GeVi Napoli 30 11 19 2393 2455 −62 22
Source: LBA

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